Manual shipping quotes.

Hi everyone!

I have a client that sells very large items. An item may weigh as little as one kilo or as much as several tons. Almost all items need to be carried by heavy vehicle and, given that the client will deliver anywhere in Australia, shipping costs vary greatly.

This makes it impossible to calculate shipping. All shipping costs need to be manually determined based on the exact delivery address and other requirements.

Is there a shipping or payment module that allows for invoicing to be delayed until shipping is calculated?

lookin for the same solution or a working DHL module

I set something similar to this up using Table Rates.

I set it to the minimal weight (has to be greater than .2, if I remember correctly), then I made changes to

/includes/languages/english/modules/shipping/MYTEMPLATE/tables.php

to suit the needs of this client:

define('MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE_TEXT_TITLE', 'Freight');
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE_TEXT_DESCRIPTION', 'Table Rate');
define('MODULE_SHIPPING_TABLE_TEXT_WAY', '<b>Your order is over 500lbs.</b><br><br>Please select this shipping option and our customer service department will select the best possible shipping method for you. When checking out, please choose either <b>Offline Credit Card Processing</b> or <b>Check/Money Order</b> and we will send you an updated invoice showing the actual shipping cost. If you select to pay with a credit card, your order will not be charged until we receive approval of the shipping charges from you. If you choose to send a check or money order, your approval will be assumed upon receipt of payment.<br><br>If your shipment requires any special instruction, please include those in the comment box on the Checkout Step 2 page.');

If you have to use an online CC processor, you could configure the email invoice (order status) to include a link for them to make thier payment.